Don’t know about you, but I am ready for baseball, track, golf, tennis and some softball.
Our high school spring sports preview section is in today’s paper. Right out of the starting blocks, many of the scheduled games and events have been rescheduled because of winter hangover.
The problem with postponing spring games is that the window to reschedule them is so short. Compounding that problem for the baseball and softball teams is the pitch count restrictions on the pitchers.
The pitch count is a good thing, but managing your team’s pitchers can be challenging, especially when you have rescheduled games that may be back to back, and then throw in a doubleheader. A roster with a healthy number of pitchers will go a long way this spring when it comes to the team’s overall success.
The spring yard work has also suffered a weather hangover setback. Replacing the snow blower with the lawn mower and ditching the snow shovel for the rake is long overdue.
Three of my favorite warm weather friends, Weber, Blackstone and Traeger, are champing at the bit as much as I am to fire them up.
The fashion change-over season should be weeks into the conversion, but not so much this year. It’s past time to swap the boots for sandals, sweatshirts for T-shirts, and put the jeans in the draw and put on your favorite shorts.
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Last week I got a call from Jasmina Joseph, the producer for the show American Pickers, and they are planning on being in our neck of the woods in June.
If you’re a fan of the show like me, you’ll recall that Mike and Frank have been here before and uncovered a few treasures and purchases that were featured on the show.
Collectors interested in being considered for the show should reach out to Joseph by calling 646-493-2184 or email AmericanPickers@cineflix.com.